Hello from Broome where the build up to the 'wet' has started. We started this morning with a sea fog at Middle Lagoon with everything having that damp feeling about it. Poor Bec had done some washing late in the day hoping it would dry overnight but, alas it was not to be so it is pegged out at the back of camper tonight in Broome. (The humidity again is not going to help this drying process, so it might be another day before it can be folded and put away).
We left our little hideaway this morning and headed back south, traversing the dreaded Cape Levique Road for the finally time in this journey. 100 kms of corrugations, dust and varying road surfaces makes an interesting drive. Throw in the many other campers, cars, trucks coming towards you or passing without you knowing they are there and you are on full concentration all the time.
I have to hand it to the children up in this part of the country as they travel 30 kms on this type of road, plus another 20 kms on bitumen, every day, 5 days a week to get into Beagle Bay school. I believe they need a medal for fronting up to this trip everyday. Students who have to take the family car, or public transport to get to school really don't know how lucky they are!
As I said we are now in Broome and have stayed in a caravan park near to Cable Beach where we drove down to watch the obligatory sunset and camel rides. Yes, we really are tourists in many senses of the word! But we weren't alone, on no, there were several 100 other there as well, so we melded in very nicely to this part of the environment.
Tomorrow we head back south towards 80 Mile Beach, and finally turning off towards Marble Bar, which although I want to see, I'm not looking forward to the the temperatures they are talking about already. For the next week it is predicted to be between 37 - 39C, with overnight still about 22C! I don't do hot very well. I guess we can drive through with air con on can't we??.?.
Need to get some shut eye now, so will sign off for now. See you soon.
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